October, 2008

Links for October 31st

Blue Christian on a Red Background: The Prophet of Pretend: James Dobson's "2012 Obama Letter" spells the end not for America, but for Focus on the Family

I have stayed relatively quiet on Dobson's recent rant, for a variety of reasons. A post may come, but for now give this one a read and, regardless of your political beliefs, let's hope together that we are seeing the last pathetic grasps for power that Dobson and his ilk will be able to throw at us.

tags:: theology; culture; politics

Links for October 30th

Weblog » Emergent Village » A Letter from the Board to Friends of Emergent Village

A letter from the board of Emergent Village indicating the direction the organization will be taking as it moves forward. For myself, I can completely support this document, and am happy to be and remain a Friend of Emergent.

tags:: culture; church; emerging; emergent

Links for October 28th

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (October 27, 2008) – The Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote For Obama

From Andrew Sullivan.

tags:: obama; politics

Links for October 27th

BWC : God's Economy Starts At Home

A look at God's economy as it can exist in individual homes, right now. Based not on a candidate or an election or a party, but on a life with the Spirit.

tags:: church; economics; new-monasticism

Why I'm voting for Barack Obama – Reason 5 – Brian McLaren

Brilliant explanation of why a vote for McCain will not overturn abortion or significantly reduce it, even in the event of anti Roe v Wade judge appointments. The vast majority of arguments against evangelicals voting for Obama boil down to abortion, which I want to come right out and say is not a valid argument. Republicans have used this issue as a smokescreen for years, and it is time to stop the minimization of morality that their pandering represents.

tags:: brian-mclaren; mccain; obama; politics; abortion

Decomposition of Christian politics

October 25th, 2008

Continuing my series concerning the death and decomposition of movements in the church, I want to look at the ebbs and flows of Christian engagement in politics.

Links for October 24th

Blue Christian on a Red Background: New "Terrorists" mailer: Republicans ask us to insert head in toilet, swallow

An honest look, from an evangelical perspective, at what is going on with Republican messaging in light of a recent mailer.

tags:: mccain; obama; politics

Links for October 23rd

Vitamin Training » How To Grow and Nurture Your Community

Worthy video from Future of Web Apps on creating passionate users.

tags:: usability; user-experience; business; design

Links for October 22nd

Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » Revisiting "A Vision of Students Today"

"And that's what has been wrong all along. Some time ago we started taking our walls too seriously â€“ not just the walls of our classrooms, but also the metaphorical walls that we have constructed around our 'subjects,' 'disciplines,' and 'courses.'"

tags:: culture; education; technology

Eric's Archived Thoughts: JavaScript Will Save Us All

Looks at the ways we may be able to use JavaScript to give ourselves support of CSS3 in advance of the browsers, and the implications that this could have.

tags:: jquery; css3; css; javascript; web-standards; browser-issues; browsers

No one really cares that muchâ€¦ | jordoncooper.com

Realistic look at how little we in the church are willing to sacrifice in order to make a difference in the world. "I guess the question is, are we willing to sacrifice for anyone else in this life other than for ourselves? If we aren't willing, history has shown us that no one else is either."